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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS... welcome to the big top blog of Douglas McPherson, author of CIRCUS MANIA, the book described by Gerry Cottle as "A passionate and up-to-date look at the circus and its people."

Tuesday 5 February 2019

Martin Lacey Jr wins Gold Clown at International Circus Festival in Monte Carlo

Now that's what I call circus!

Click here to read an exclusive interview with Martin Lacey Jr in The Stage.

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CIRCUS MANIA - New updated 2nd Edition out now!

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WHAT THE CRITICS SAY ABOUT CIRCUS MANIA

"A brilliant account of a vanishing art form... an excellent book."
- Mail on Sunday

"Pack your bags before getting stuck into McPherson's book; it may leave you yearning to run away with the circus."
- This Is Cabret.com

"A Passionate and up-to-date look at the circus and its people."
- Gerry Cottle

"Remarkable... captivating... beguiling... a real page-turner."
- Eastern Daily Press

"The greatest show on Earth in a book... an unmissable read."
- World's Fair

"Ingenious... engaging... a powerful introduction to circus performance then and now."
- British Music Hall Society

As seen on TV!

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Mail on Sunday

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"The Greatest Show on Earth... in a Book!"

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CONTROVERSY!

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Circus Books!

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Index

7 Fingers (1) Academy of Circus Arts (4) ADI (2) Aircraft Circus (2) Alex the Fireman (2) Alexander Lacey (3) Alexis Gruss (1) Amanda Holden (7) Anastasia IV (2) Andreea Delbosq (1) Andrew Ducrow (1) Andrew Rosindell MP (5) Andrew Van Buren (1) Animal Defenders International (7) animal rights (33) animal welfare (7) Anne the Elephant (4) Anthony Gatto (1) Barely Methodical Troupe (1) BBC (6) Bertram Mills (5) Big Apple Circus (5) Big Kid Circus (4) Big Top (6) Bill Ricketts. (1) Bill Stephens (2) Billy Ray Cyrus (1) Billy Smart's (8) Bippo (8) Bippos (1) Bobbo Roberts (11) Bobby Roberts (3) Books (25) Born Free (1) Boswell Wilkie's Circus (2) Bozo (2) Brian Austen (5) Burt Lancaster (1) camels (1) Captive Animals Protections Society (1) Carson and Barnes (1) CDs (3) Charles Hughes (2) Charlie Cairoli (3) Charlie Chaplin (3) Chelsea McGuffin (4) Chinese State Circus (14) Chipolatas (2) Chipperfields (9) Chipperfields Circus (3) Chris Baltrop (2) Christmas (1) Christopher Chope (1) Circ Panic (1) Circa (7) Circo (1) Circo Gottani (1) Circus (2) Circus 1903 (1) circus an (1) Circus animals (113) circus art (26) circus building (1) Circus cartoons (1) Circus Cortex (2) Circus Extreme (4) Circus Fantasia (5) Circus Federation (1) Circus Ferrel (1) Circus for sale (1) Circus Funtasia (3) Circus history (18) circus horses (3) circus knie (1) Circus Krone (4) Circus Mania (1) Circus Mania review (17) Circus Maximus (1) Circus Mondao (12) Circus news (19) Circus of Horrors (20) Circus Oz (1) Circus pictures (5) circus posters (31) circus programmes (1) Circus re-opening (3) Circus Roncalli (2) Circus songs (4) Circus Space (9) Circus stamps (2) Circus Starr (7) Circus Training (8) circus transport (10) Circus Tyanna (2) Circus Vegas (1) Circus Wonderland (3) Circus250 (4) Cirque Alfonse (3) cirque berserk (1) Cirque Bijou (5) Cirque de Glace (2) Cirque du Ciel (1) Cirque du Glace (2) Cirque du Hilarious (4) Cirque du Soleil (16) Classical Circus Association (1) Clive Webb and Danny Adams (18) cloud swing (1) Clowns (58) Cole Brothers (1) comment (21) coulrophobia (1) country music (5) Daleks (3) Danny Gottani (1) Delbosq Clowns (2) Denis Remnez (1) Dogs (1) Dr Haze (8) Dr Who (2) Duo Stefaneli (1) DVDs (6) Elephants (36) Eva Garcia (13) Extraordinary Bodies (1) Federation Mondiale du Cirque (1) Fiction (9) film (4) flea circus (1) Flying Fruit Fly Circus School (1) Flying Trapeze (6) Fossett's Circus (2) Freak shows (3) Gandys Circus (8) Gerry Cottle (31) Gifford's Circus (8) Globe of Death (1) Great British Circus (15) Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (20) Han Ho Song (2) Hannibal Helmurto (1) Hercules (1) high wire (2) Houdini (1) Huffington Post (1) Hugh Jackman (1) Illusions (1) Ingo Dock (1) International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (2) International Juggler's Day (1) Jack London (1) James BuSTAR (1) Jasper King (1) Jeremy Clarkson (1) Jim Fitzpartick MP (9) John Haze (2) Jospeph Grimaldi (7) Jospeph Grimaldi. Clowns (4) juggling (10) Jules Leotard (3) Jumbo (5) Kelly Miller Circus (1) Ken Dodd (1) Kooza (1) La Soiree (1) Les 7 Doigts de la Main (1) Lions (33) Lord George Sanger (1) Lyn Gardner (1) Magic (1) Mail on Sunday (1) Martin Burton (19) Martin Lacey (15) Martin Lacey Jr (1) Mary Chipperfield (3) Mexico (2) Miley Cyrus (1) Moira Orfei Circus (1) Moscow State Circus (3) Mr Fips Wonder Circus (5) Mr Popol and Kakehole (1) Murder at the Circus (3) music hall (1) National Centre for Circus Arts (7) Nell Gifford (6) Netherlands National Circus (1) News (54) Nicky de Neumann (4) Nik Wallenda (3) Noah Cyrus (1) Northampton Clown (2) Opinion (42) Pablo Fanque (4) Panto (4) Pantomime Circus Gandeys Circus (1) Paulos (1) PeTA (2) Peter Jay (3) Peter Jolly's Circus (18) Peter Owen Publishers (5) Petra Jackson (1) Philip Astley (16) Philip Gandey (10) Phillip Gandey (3) Photography (1) Pinders (4) Planet Circus (2) Polar Bears (1) Popolinos (1) Princess Stephanie of Monaco (6) Professor Stephen Harris (1) PT Barnum (9) Radford Report (1) Reviews (21) Ringling Brothers (15) Ronald McDonald (2) Russells International Circus (5) Ruth Madoc (1) Sanger's (1) Slapstick (1) Spirit of the Horse (1) square peg (1) Stan Laurel (2) strong man (2) Sword Swallowing (1) The Call Boy (1) The Greatest Showman (1) The Guardian (1) The Stage (5) Theatre (1) Thomas Chipperfield (30) Tigers (26) tighrope (1) tightrope (2) Tom Duffy's Circus (3) Tommy Chipperfield (1) Transport (6) trapeze (2) TV (5) Ukraine (3) Uncle Sam's American Circus (4) unicycle (1) Valerie Murzak (1) Vegan (1) Veganism (1) Wales (1) Wookey Hole (4) World Circus Day (18) World Juggling Day (4) Yasmin Smart (2) Zippos (39)

Eva Garcia

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Animal rights and wrongs

Animal rights and wrongs

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Britain's Last Tiger Trainer

Britain's Last Tiger Trainer

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Circus Mania in the news

Circus Mania in the news

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Circus Posters!

Circus Posters!

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About Me

Douglas McPherson: I am a journalist based in the UK

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